Malawi's first tech hub, mHub, delivers the UNDP-backed Growth Accelerator Challenge: six funding rounds since 2018 have co-financed 62 enterprises with over …
Lilongwe, Malawi
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
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Kenya's national informal-settlements upgrading programme has prepared over 23,000 land titles and delivered roads, drainage, water and sewer connections that the government …
Nairobi, Kenya
Good practice
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
Top 29%76/100
Brazil's federal EMBRAPII co-funds R&D between research institutes and firms, splitting risk three ways. A first evaluation of 179 funded firms found …
Brasília, Brazil
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Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 29%76/100
Lithuania's national GovTech Lab runs funded sandbox cohorts letting public bodies trial AI and emerging-tech tools before rollout. Its 2024 AI cohort …
Vilnius, Lithuania
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 29%76/100
Between 2012 and 2024, Tunisia's ARRU rehabilitated 155 low-income 'quartiers populaires' nationwide — roads, water, sewage and community facilities for roughly 865,000 …
Tunis, Tunisia
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Evidence: Observational / pre–post
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Thailand's Baan Mankong programme channelled government infrastructure subsidies and soft loans directly to community-run savings cooperatives, who then negotiated land tenure and …
Bangkok, Thailand
Good practice
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
Top 29%76/100
A state-backed applied-research institute that seeded Taiwan's semiconductor industry by spinning off UMC (1980) and TSMC (1987), transferring technology, fabs and staff …
Hsinchu, Taiwan
Good practice
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
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Since 2000, UCT's Research Contracts & Innovation office has built 40 spin-off companies worth over R250 million in university equity, including HyPlat, …
Cape Town, South Africa
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Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
Top 29%76/100
Seoul's government-backed venture fund programme: the 2019–22 Future Innovation Growth Fund raised 3.4 trillion won (283% above target), invested in 470 startups …
Seoul, South Korea
Good practice
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
Top 29%76/100
Recognised in 1988 as China's first state-level high-tech zone, Zhongguancun in Beijing grew from a district electronics market into a technology-transfer hub …
ETH Zurich's tech-transfer office turns research into patents, licences and spin-offs. In 2025 it logged 124 disclosures, 98 patents and 37 licences; …
Zurich, Switzerland
Good practice
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
Top 29%76/100
Nordic region's largest tech-transfer office, merging University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital's TTOs: 2,072 inventions, 388 licences and 55 start-ups in …
Oslo, Norway
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 29%76/100